Answer:
to prevent trade is the answer.
i only brefily skimmed the paper so sorry if this doesnt help, but i think it would be cool if you acted as though you are a character investigating this situation kind of like jughead on riverdale lol
C because it's a monarchy basically there's only one ruler
A claim in an argumentative essay is the main argument for example I say I like dogs are better you think cats are better so you are gonna write your essay in why you think cats are better (that is your main argument)